John Lapinski

John Lapinski, Ph.D., is a
professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of
Pennsylvania and Director of Penn Program on
Opinion Research and Election Studies. He also serves as the Director of the Elections Unit at NBC
News, which projects races for NBC and analyzes and produces election-related
stories through exit polls for NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, and all of
NBC’s digital properties. Dr. Lapinski earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University
in 2000, and previously was an associate professor in the Department of
Political Science at Yale University. He came to Penn in 2006. His primary area
of research is concerned with understanding national elections as well as
lawmaking in Congress through empirical analysis.